Putin bombards Ukraine with drone & missile blitz killing at least 3 & injuring 17 after Op Spiderweb ‘revenge' strikes
Kharkiv was rocked overnight as 48 Russian drones, along with two missiles and four gliding bombs, slammed into residential areas, according to the city's mayor.
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'We have a lot of damage,' Ihor Terekhov said.
Three high-rise residential buildings were hit, with dramatic footage showing several storeys of one engulfed in flames.
The carnage is a part of a wider Russian revenge blitz that's pummelling cities across Ukraine following its daring Operation Spiderweb.
The bold Ukrainian drone raid crippled several Russian warplanes at four airbases deep inside enemy territory.
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